With her, its a modestly interesting comingofage movie, and a totally forgettable mystery. Adolescence, youth culture and rebellion often luridly and violently expressed are the stocks in trade of american director gregg araki, who has one. White bird in a blizzard king county library system. A melodrama about numbness and detachment, writerdirector gregg arakis. It has a read out and feel so much like gone girl that it made getting wrapped up in the plot just as easy as it did for the characters. Back in the early 90s, few people would have predicted gregg araki would still have a significant filmmaking career 20 years later. Nov 28, 2014 white bird in a blizzard writerdirector gregg arakis movies are often edgy, inhabited by drifters and suicidal gay teens and threesomes living in disharmony. Now, he sends the descendants shailene woodley into thriller territory but cant.
White bird in a blizzard shailene woodley eva green christopher meloni 2014 a teenager shailene woodley relishes her newfound freedom after her disturbed mother eva green vanishes, but the strange facts of the disappearanc. But we enjoyed the activity so much that we recently painted birds again as a family. White bird in a blizzard i know it only played at sundance a couple days ago, but does anyone have any idea when her newest film, white bird in a blizzard will be available for purchase. And during a new york city screening last night, she had no problem divulging why it was ultimately nbd.
White bird in a blizzard is a 2014 art drama thriller film coproduced, written, and directed by gregg araki and starring shailene woodley, eva green, and christopher meloni. It throws in lots of lewd content and a homosexual plot twist that feels like a cheap shot against happy marriages. The writerdirectors beautifully told films make you feel warm and fuzzy, with. Mar 22, 2015 like most coming of age films, director and writer gregg arakis film white bird in a blizzard celebrates freedom of choice, body, and supervision. Oct 23, 2014 its easy to admire an ambitious letdown like white bird in a blizzard, but much harder to be moved by it. Director gregg araki tackles a gritty comingofage tale in his adaptation of author laura kasischkes white bird in a blizzard, the mystery of how, when young kat connors shailene woodley was 17, her beautiful, unhappy mother, eve, disappeared without a trace. White bird in a blizzard is closer to the first category. So i am going to ask about white bird in a blizzard. Oct 24, 2014 a similar impulse animates white bird in a blizzard, but its elements dont really cohere.
Most of the time it is no big deal, but sometimes i see a trailer and something in my gut says, that could end really badly. White bird in a blizzard, a mystery from gregg araki the. White bird in a blizzard 1999 edition open library. Gregg araki chases respectability again with white bird. Now kasischke follows up her auspicious debut with mesmerizing story of youthful passion and loss of innocence. Trouble in the late80s suburbs, as desperate housewife eva green goes missing and leaves her rebellious daughter shailene woodley holding the pieces. Oct 22, 2014 at the end of white bird in a blizzard, i felt sad and dirty and lost. White bird in a blizzard by laura kasischke, 1999, hyperion edition, in english 1st ed. The film is based on the novel of the same name by laura kasischke. If you loved the book paper towns, you probably also loved the film adaptation that came out this summer. The film will tell the story of a troubled young woman whose life. White bird in a blizzard starring shailene woodley the fault in our stars, divergent is now available on itunes and on demand. Having grown up in an extraordinarily suffocating atmosphere, 16yearold kat connors greets her mothers disappearance one winter day with stoic calm.
White bird in a blizzard best asset is that it starts off as a coming of age story and then eventually transitions into a mystery thriller. Part of the problem with white bird in a blizzard is that the film thinks its audience is just as dense as kat. Four crucial years in a troubled teenagers life are the focus of this eloquently written, suspenseful second novel by the author of the praised suspicious river. Best movies like white bird in a blizzard bestsimilar. White bird in a blizzard starring shailene woodley the fault in our stars, divergent is now available on itunes, on demand, and in. Like suspicious river, which the new yorker described as by turns terrifying and ravishingly lyrical, white bird blizzard evokes works of kathryn harrison and joyce carol oates and confirms kasischkes arrival as a major literary talent.
Dont get caught out in numbing white bird in a blizzard. White bird in a blizzard, starring shailene woodley, is an. I hate hate hate seeing a movie and then ending up with a stupid ending. White bird in a blizzard isnt an appropriate movie for mediawise viewers or any other moviegoer, for that matter. Woodley filmed said scene for her latest movie, white bird in a blizzard. Find all 28 songs in white bird in a blizzard soundtrack, with scene descriptions. And the stunning album guthrie and budd made with eraldo bernocchi, winter garden a classic. White bird in a blizzard gregg araki is no stranger to teen angst and provocative filmmaking. Angela bassett signs on to star in white bird in a.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. A similar impulse animates white bird in a blizzard, but its elements dont really cohere. As white bird in a blizzard opens, kat connors shailene woodley is a teenage girl like any other. Its more that he was someone whod title a movie totally fed up. White bird in a blizzard by laura kasischke overdrive. I am looking for a quick synopsis and specifically the ending and what happened to mom before i shell out my hard. The atmosphere, steamed up with kats barely contained lust and eves frosty shadow, dominates. Jan 03, 2014 official fullhdtrailer for white bird in a blizzard if you love trailers, you better subscribe. Early efforts like 1992s the living end and 1993s totally fed up were pretty uneven, but thats not the reasoneven back then, arakis talent was evident. White bird in a blizzard official movie site starring. White bird in a blizzard starring shailene woodley. Shailene woodley eva green christopher meloni 2014 a teenager. Gregg araki chases respectability again with white bird in. See more ideas about eva green, shailene woodley and shiloh fernandez.
White bird is a comingofage tale that hops between the disappearance of kats mother eve played by the great eva green, displaying a nutty blend of fierce allure and tense chill and kats. Scratch the surface, and theres just more surfacechalk dust under your nails, but not much else. Laura kasischke, national bestselling author of the life before her eyes and white bird in a blizzard, both adapted for film, looks behind the quietude of domesticity to find the strange and unexpected and sometimes extraordinary in this collection of stories that defies simple definition booklist. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. As someone who has seen the movie first, i was somewhat familiarized with the story. White bird in a blizzard where to stream and watch decider.
It would be like having a job in a fortune cookie factory, standing all day on an assembly line while optimism passed through your hands on flimsy strips of paper you will inherit a million dollars, you will go on an exotic vacationbut never moving, standing in one place while the damp batter of. White bird in a blizzard is one of the more interesting films of 2014, but it fails to pull off what it seemed like it promised it would. It haunts you as you go about your day or in your enigmatic dreams. Its easy to admire an ambitious letdown like white bird in a blizzard, but much harder to be moved by it. Dec 12, 2014 but gregg arakis film, white bird in a blizzard, is only part mystery, part coming of age story, and part haunted dreamscape, and refuses to be easily categorized as any of the above. White bird in a blizzard is a 2014 art drama thriller film coproduced, written, and directed by gregg araki and starring shailene woodley, eva green, and ch. White bird in a blizzard makes full use of its allstar cast, driving a performanceled drama through a somewhat lacklustre adaptation. I am sixteen when my mother steps out of her skin one frozen january afternoon pure self, atoms twinkling like microscopic diamond chips around her. To say that gregg arakis bigscreen version of white bird in a blizzard isnt quite what one imagined when reading the laura kasischke novel is like. A trailer for white bird in a blizzard was released days before its sundance premiere. Movies like white bird in a blizzard if you like white bird in a blizzard you are looking for sexy, suspenseful and cynical movies about with mystery, missing person, teenage life, coming of age, under the surface, disappearance and teenage sexuality themes of drama, mystery and thriller genre shot in france or usa. This incredibly talented actress has a ton of indie cred with films like white bird in a blizzard and the spectacular now.
Based on the acclaimed novel by laura kasischke, white bird in a blizzard tells the story of kat connors, a young woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden disappearance of her beautiful, enigmatic mother. At first kat is excited by her new freedom, distracted by the boy next door shiloh fernandez and the cop working the case thomas jane. Shailene woodley and eva green star as a daughtermother duo in a mysterious crime drama. But as disturbing facts about the disappearance surface, the mystery begins to. Find books like white bird in a blizzard from the worlds largest community of readers. A middling thriller and a middling coming of age film. Shailene woodleys richest role yet star rating star rating shailene woodley is the star of gregg arakis white bird in a blizzard credit. It doesnt have the endless replayability of mysterious skin yet few records do. Woodley, who showed promise in the spectacular now, cant find a way to play. White bird in a blizzard soundtrack music complete song. Then, i folded the wings over and stapled the bottom of the bird closed. Marcelvonpures rating of the film white bird in a blizzard marcelvonpure although white bird is pretty much a failure as a period piece even no budget films like house of the devil were better at evoking the 1980s than this one no matter how much this mortal coil was played, it still holds up as great melodrama and. Jan 21, 2014 to say that gregg arakis bigscreen version of white bird in a blizzard isnt quite what one imagined when reading the laura kasischke novel is like complaining that picassos les. Oct 03, 2014 i hate hate hate seeing a movie and then ending up with a stupid ending.
White bird will have you questioning everyone and everything. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Kat connors shailene woodley is a young woman embracing her newfound sexuality when her glamorous but strange mother eve eva green vanishes. Goodreads members who liked white bird in a blizzard also liked. White bird in a blizzard official trailer hd youtube. In white bird in a blizzard, one day, katrina shailene woodley finds her mother eva green sleeping in her bed.
White bird in a blizzard by laura kasischke nook book. The film premiered at the 2014 sundance film festival on january 20, 2014 before being given a limited theatrical release on october 24, 2014. Based on the novel of the same name by laura kasischke, the film tries to channel the ways in which a 17yearolds life changes as a result of her mothers disappearance. The white bird in a blizzard actress posed for photographer hilary walsh as she explained why she doesnt consider herself a feminist the reason why i dont like to say that i am a feminist or i am not a feminist is because to me its still a label.
Trouble in the burbs in white bird in a blizzard the. White bird in a blizzard is one of those books that stick with you, long after being read. With shailene woodley, eva green, christopher meloni, angela bassett. For the last 25 years, araki has been seemingly obsessed with the years of sexual exploration and teenage rebellion in works like the doom generation, nowhere and kaboom.
White bird in a blizzard is missing an essential pulse. Awkward and misguided before an insulting final revelation, it feels like a project that simply didnt come together. White bird in a blizzard is a success at depicting kat as. White bird in a blizzard by olivia armstrong feb 19, 2015 now on netflix, shailene woodley is kat connors, your average teen dealing with the notso average tragedy of her mother. White bird in a blizzard is an upcoming feature which is based on a novel of the same name by laura kasischke.
White bird in a blizzard, a mystery from gregg araki. The white bird in a blizzard soundtrack is a satisfying listen. Worse, the movie has a strong, abhorrent romantic worldview containing a dark view of an american family. Laura kasischke the impact on a 16yearold girl when her mother abandons the family. But while arakis work has tended to exist on the fringe, white bird in a blizzard feels like a tiptoe into the mainstream and the journey seems to have seriously neutered that voice. I am looking for a quick synopsis and specifically the ending and what happened to mom. Colorful paper plate birds and our favorite bird books.